2 Esdras 16:40-42

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴⁰ Hear my words, O my people; prepare for battle, and in the midst of the calamities be like strangers on the earth. ⁴¹ Let one who sells be like one who will flee; let one who buys be like one who will lose; ⁴² let one who does business be like one who will not make a profit; and let one who builds a house be like one who will not live in it;